Benjamin Franklin called my ancestors “Palatine boors.” It was nothing personal, of course, since he was worried about all the German-speaking peoples settling in the British colonies along the eastern seaboard, especially Pennsylvania. In 1683, about five miles west of Philadelphia, a special enclave, Germantown, was set up for them, but they were spreading farther afield. [...]
Joseph Pearce discusses what's newly posted to the Inner Sanctum of his personal website.... https://jpearce.co/whats-new-in-the-inner-sanctum-8/
Tackling this most axiomatic of questions... https://jpearce.co/is-god-beyond-reason/
Don Quixote is probably the bestselling work of literature of all time but is it a truly Catholic work? Joseph Pearce endeavours to answer this question in a nutshell... https://jpearce.co/don-quixote-in-a-nutshell/
The video of the talk that Joseph Pearce gave recently in Grand Rapids on Belloc's classic work, The Path to Rome... https://jpearce.co/with-belloc-on-the-path-to-rome/
Joseph Pearce and Julia Meloni discuss this question in an online conversation... https://jpearce.co/why-did-pope-benedict-resign/
The time for resolutions, new year’s style, has come round again. I can’t remember when I stopped doing that. It was way back, even before I became a Christian. What’s the point? If there’s something you want to do, do it. If there’s something you don’t want to do, stop doing it. Why is a Resolution necessary? [...]
Joseph Pearce's musings on how Pope Benedict XVI helps us to become saints.... https://jpearce.co/benedict-xvi-and-the-call-to-holiness/
The latest essay by Joseph Pearce in the "Nutshell" series he is writing for Crisis Magazine... https://jpearce.co/the-tempest-in-a-nutshell/
Joseph Pearce writes to Santa with a wish-list of good books for his friends this Christmas... https://jpearce.co/books-for-under-the-tree/
